Ori HC | Delay in lodging FIR in rape cases cannot be used as a ground against prosecution’s case
Orissa High Court: S.K. Sahoo, J. dismissed a criminal appeal for the acquittal of the appellant under Section 376 of the Penal
judicial custody
Mad HC | Third Party has no locus standi to prosecute criminal proceedings; petition by a forum in regard of judicial death of prisoner dismissed
Madras High Court: N. Anand Venkatesh, J. dismissed a petition filed by Prisoners Right Forum against the order of the Chief Judicial Magistrate
Ker HC | NDPS Act: Bail application of accused may be allowed if he did not possess ‘commercial quantity’ of psychotropic substance
Kerala High Court: The Bench of N. Anil Kumar, J. allowed the bail application of a person accused of illegal possession of
Delay in filing of charge sheet is a ground for grant of bail to accused: Kerala HC
Kerala High Court: A Single Judge Bench of Raja Vijayaraghavan, J., decided a bail application filed under Section 239 of the CrPC
Sentence reduced in light of period of custody previously undergone by accused
Patna High Court: In a criminal appeal decided by a Single Judge Bench comprising of Vinod Kumar Sinha, J., the period of
Detention of man in judicial custody over sixty days held to be violative of right to life and personal liberty
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of SC Dharmadhikari and Bharati H. Dangre, JJ issued a writ of habeas corpus ordering the